''Asagena'' is a

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of comb-footed spiders (family

Theridiidae Theridiidae, also known as the tangle-web spiders, cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders, is a large family of Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833. This diverse, globally distributed family includes ...

) that was first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833.

Species

it contains nine species, found in North America, Europe, Asia, and

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: *'' Asagena americana'' Emerton, 1882 –

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*'' Asagena brignolii'' (Knoflach, 1996) –

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*'' Asagena fulva'' ( Keyserling, 1884) – USA, Mexico *'' Asagena italica'' (Knoflach, 1996) –

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Asagena medialis ''Asagena medialis'' is a species of cobweb spider in the family Theridiidae Theridiidae, also known as the tangle-web spiders, cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders, is a large family of araneomorph spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sun ...

'' ( Banks, 1898) – USA, Mexico *'' Asagena meridionalis'' Kulczyński, 1894 – Central to south-eastern and eastern Europe, Georgia *'' Asagena phalerata'' (Panzer, 1801) (

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*'' Asagena pulcher'' (Keyserling, 1884) – USA *'' Asagena semideserta'' (Ponomarev, 2005) – Kazakhstan,

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In synonymy: *''A. amurica'' Strand, 1907 = ''Asagena phalerata'' (Panzer, 1801) *''A. nesiotes'' = ''Asagena fulva'' (Keyserling, 1884) *''A. parvula'' = ''Asagena fulva'' (Keyserling, 1884) *''A. phalerata'' = ''Asagena phalerata'' (Panzer, 1801) *''A. phalerata'' = ''Asagena phalerata'' (Panzer, 1801) *''A. venusta'' = ''Asagena fulva'' (Keyserling, 1884)

References

Araneomorphae genera Cosmopolitan spiders Taxa named by Carl Jakob Sundevall Theridiidae {{Theridiidae-stub

Species

See also

References